Snow-remover.



0. GUGLIELMONE.

SNOW REMOVER.

APPLIcATmN FILED JULY25, 1914.

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THE COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH 50., WASHINGTON, D. c.

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SNOW REMOVER. APPLICATION FILED JULY 25, 1914.

1,173,956. Patented Feb. 29, 1916.

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mime STATES PATENT orr on.

OSCAR GUGLIELMONE, on NEW YORK, NQ Y.

SNOW-REMOVER.

To, all whom it may concern r 7 Be it known that I, OSCAR GUGLIELMONE, acitizen of the'United States, residing at Bronx, in the county of Bronxand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Snow-Removers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and .use thesame.

'My invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forremoving snow from railway-tracks and resides in the provision of asnowremover that is capable of being readilyattached anddetached relative toa car, is particularly designed for use in connection with streetrailways and which will operate in a reliable and expeditious mannerto-melt and scrape the snow from the tracks.

Another object is to provide a device of the character described whichis of simple construction reliable and efficient in operation, arrangedso that it may be readily moved into an out of the way position when notin use and which is inexpensive to manufacture and maintain inoperation.

Another and more specific object is to provide ar-snow remover whichcomprises track shoes that are so mounted upon the car that they may bemoved into and out of operative position and of such construction as toengage within the groove in street rails and melt as well as scrape thesnow from the rails.

The above and additional objects are accomplished by such means as areillustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in thecfollowingspecification and then more particularly pointed'out as claimed.

WVith reference to the drawings, wherein Ihave illustrated the preferredembodiment of my invention as it is reduced to practice, and throughoutthe several views of which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts- Figure 1 isa side elevation of a street railway carshowing my snow remover'attached thereto andfas it would appear whenready for use, F ig."2 is a front elevation of my improved deviceshowing a portion of the car to which it is-attachedand the rails incross section, Fig. 3 is a vertical: sectional view taken through oneside of the snow remover, Fig. 4 1s a side elevation, and Fig.

on said ,rails.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb, 29 1916 Application filedJuly 25, 1914. Serial No. 853,097.

5 is a horizontal sectional view takenthrough the block 8 at a pointadjacent its upper end.

Referring to thedrawings by characters of reference, A designates therails of a track and B the street railway car mounted a so that readyaccess may be had to a compartment 0r recess 5 formed adjacent the otherend of the body and which receives an electrical heating element 6.,

The lower end of the body Sis reduced and offset slightly or disposedangularly so as to provide a track groove engagingmember 7. Securedrigidly by suitable fastening elements tothe upper end of each-of thebody portions 3 is a connecting block 8 that is hinged asat 9 at itsupper end to a pivot block 10. The pivot block 10 is pivotally connectedwith a supporting bar lladjacent to one end of said supporting bar bymeans of a pivot pin 12. serted through the supporting bar 11 and aconcavo-convex securing plate 13 through the central part of said plateand an opening 14 in said block 10. The pin 12 is loosely mounted in theblock 10 and plate 13and secured to the block 10 by means of thefastening element 15.

V The bar 11 extends entirely across the underneath part of the car andsupports the shoes 1 and 2 and cotiperating parts thereof at its ends.'An upper supporting bar 16 of similar construction tothe one 11 issecured by upwardly extending bracket arms .17 to and depend from thebottom of :the car. This bar 16 is normally spaced from the one 11 butis operatively connected'theresecured to the lower supporting bar 11 andat one end rigidly and slidably receive buttons or other suitablefastening elements 20 carried on the upper supporting bar 16. The

One of my improved snow The pivot pin 1:2 is in- 7 serve to securelyhold thebars 16 and 11 in coiiperative relation. The hinges 9 are, soarranged that when the shoes arifno't" to beused-they'maybe swung intohorizontal or approximately upright position so 7 as to be out oftheway.

Brace rods 21 and 22 are arranged between and'secured to 'the bloc'k 8and body 3 reof the shoes land 2 and each rod I a said point slidablyengages'the tread surface 7 sp ectively comprises a pluralityof-sections joined by a universal joint as ati23. These'rods 21- and22'serve to hold the shoes 1 and'2 in proper relation to one another and sothat the tracks will be freed-from snow; 2 a l Secured to the supportingbar 11. adjacent to each and at points spaced from one an,- other arehooks 2a which hooks are arranged to engage the lower edge of theconcavoconvex attaching plates 13 and in such manner that-said plates 13are free towrotate.

' These hooks 24 securely hold the blocks 10 concaved as at 26.

to thesup'porting bar 11. The attaching plates 13 are interposed betweenthe blocks 10 and 11 and secured rigidly with the blocks 10.

- Mounted on either side of the car B are downwardly and outwardlyextending bracing arms '25 which at their outerends are These concavedouter end faces are designed to receive the op-.

posed convex faces 27 on the blocks 8 and 10.

These arms 25 hold the shoes 1 and 2 rigidly in position in preventingpossibility of rearward movement thereof caused by engagement with someobstruction in or on the rails. j

A-rod 28 is secured at its ends to the opposed faces of the bodyportions 3 on the members 1 and 2 and consist of three sections that arepivotally connected with each other as at 29. Looking sleeves 29 areslidableon the rod 28 and are designed to be positioned over the pivots29 so'that the sec-' tions of the rod-28 are rigidly held againstrelative movement. A flexible element 30 is secured at its ends atpoints on either side of the center of said rod 28 and provides a loopto which is secured a chain or'other suitable flexible element 31. Theflexible element 31 extends upwardly through the car over a guide rolleror wheel 32 and'is provided with a hook member 33"at, its upper end andwhich is to be'connected with a suitable ring not show-n so as tosupport through the body 3 and aconduit or passage 35 formed in theblock 8 and out through an opening-adjacent to the upper; I

end of said passage.

In operation when 11; is desired to remove snow fromthe rails A theshoes 1 an 2 are and the under face ofthe body adj ac'entto 'melting ofthesnow in the groove on the rail and upon the rail is thus provided.The

engagement-of the body 3 of eachof the members l and 2 with 'the' railsserveslto provide a scraping action as ,wellasremoval by melting. Thearms 25 have the concayed faces 26 therein formed sothat shoulders 36are provided, said shoulders beingarsrangedin spaced relation to theopposed shoulders formed by the arrangement iof the concaved faces 27 1on the. blocks 8 and 10 and thus it willv be seen that the shoes arepermitted lateral movement relative to the arms 25. This'relativemovementzisfdesired when the car is rounding a-curve thus the shoes arepermitted: .toremain in positionupon the rails.

It will thus be seen that a In practice, I have found thatthe ,formofstreet car equipped with my improved snowrremov my invention,illustrated in the drawings 7 and referred to in the abovedescription;as

- the preferred embodiment, is the most efli -f cient and practical; yetrealizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my devicewilllnecessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact thatvarious m norchanges in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of partsmay be lies;

sorted tozwhen required, without sacrificing any of the advantages ofset forth. 1 r r o What is claimed is:--.

V 1. A-snow remover for railway cars; com

prising transverse supporting bars secured to the underside ofa car,springs secured to said bars, 'ablock-supporting bar secured myinvention, as r to said springs, blocks secured to said trans i versesupporting bar, guides secured to the block supporting bars and providedwith slots in the, ends thereof adapted toreceive buttons carried bysaid transverse support 7 ing bars to allowvertical' movement ofsaidblock supporting bar in relation with the transverse supporting bar,shoe supporting blocks secured to the block supporting bar,

rail engaging shoes secured to said blocks,

means/for heating said shoes and means for raising and lowering saidshoes into and out to said block supporting bar and adapted to bear uponthe concavo convex plates, connecting blocks hingedly to said blocks,rail engaging shoes secured to the" connecting block, means for holdingsaid shoes in spaced relation to each other, means for heating saidshoes, and means for raising and lowering said shoes into and out ofengagement with the rails of a railroad.

3. A snow remover for railway cars comprising a transverse supportingbar, a block supporting bar secured to the transverse supporting bar,means for allowingvertical movement of the block supporting bar inrelation to said transverse supporting bar, blocks secured to said blocksupporting oar,

concavo convex plates secured to the bloclc supporting bar between theblocks, hooks secured to said bloclc-supportingbar and adapted to engagethe periphery of said plates connecting blocks hinged to said blocks,rail engaging shoes formed on said connecting blocks, means for heatingsaid shoes, means for holding said shoes in spaced relation-to eachotherand means for preventing rearward movement .of the shoes when in anoperative position,

4. A snow remover for railway cars comprising a block supporting bar,means for securing said block supporting bar to a car, blocks secured tosaid block supporting bar, connecting blocks hinged to said blocks andadapted to swing upwardly therefrom, said connecting blocks providedwith a passage therein, an angular'metallic body portion formed on saidconnecting blocks and provided with an opening in the rear face thereof,the lower end of said body portion disposed angularly to form trackgrooved engaging members, said angular body portion provided with arecess adjacent the opening in the rear wall thereof, an electric heat-7 ing element mounted in said recess and adapted to pass through theopening and into the passage of'said connecting blocks for heating theangular body portion so as to melt ice and snow from a rail, means forholding said angular body portion in spaced relation to another bodyportion, and means for preventing'rearward movement of the trackengaging members when in an operative position.

5. A snow remover for railway cars comprising a block supporting bar,means for securing said block supporting bar to a car,

blocks secured to each end of said block supporting bar, connectingblocks hinged to said block, a rail engaging shoe securedvto saidconnecting block, a brace secured to the underside of a car andextending downwardly into engagement with said blocks and connectingblocks to prevent the rear movement of the shoe when in an operativeposition, and means for holding said shoes in spaced relation to eachother.

6. A snow remover for railway cars comprising a block supporting bar,means for securing said block supporting bar to a car, blocks secured tosaid block supporting bar,

connecting blocks hinged to said blocks and,

adapted to swing upwardly therefrom, rail engaging shoes formed on thelower ends of said connecting blocks, horizontally connect-" ing barssecured to the shoes to prevent said shoes from moving in relation toeach other when in engagement with the railroad'rails, and means forpreventing rearward movement of said shoes when in an operativeposition.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSCAR GUGLIELMONE.

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